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2010-01-16 India-Pakistan

24 yrs later, killer of heroic Neerja Bhanot falls to drone

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Posted by Glenmore 2010-01-16 16:34|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top

#1 1986. Sometimes one forgets this war has been going on that long and longer.

Posted by JohnQC 2010-01-16 18:49|| 2010-01-16 18:49|| Front Page Top

Posted by john frum 2010-01-16 20:00|| 2010-01-16 20:00|| Front Page Top

#3 Kipling said it was one thing to be brave in the middle of action, "when there's leave and likin' to shout."
"But to stand and be still to the Birkenhead drill is a damn' tough bullet to chew."
This woman kept her courage, cold, for hours.
Hats off.
Never forget.

Posted by Richard Aubrey 2010-01-16 22:25|| 2010-01-16 22:25|| Front Page Top

#4 I remember that attack. One of our company's engineers was on the flight. His life was probably saved by smoking (he went to the door to smoke and was wounded in the gunfire rather than killed as he would have been had he stayed in his seat).

This crap has been going on too long. I was living in Frankfurt am Main in the early 1970's (1972?) when the paleos hijacked a plane out of Frankfurt and blew it up in a mid-east desert.

We're too nice. A short, nasty war then would probably prevented a lot of what's going on now. And if candy-assed Cahtah had responded properly to Iran's declaration of war, we'd be a lot better off today.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-01-16 22:33|| 2010-01-16 22:33|| Front Page Top

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